Demountable artillery-carriage.



F. SACHTLEBEN.

DEMOUNTABLE ARTILLERY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILIED FEB. 3. 1914.

1,164,402. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH SACHTIQEBEN, F ESSEN-ONI-THE-BUHR, GERMANY,,nssIeNoR TO FRIEDR KRUPP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, or SSEN-ON-THE-RUHE GERMANY.

DEMOUNTABLE ARTILLERY CARRIAGEQ If;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH SAGHTLE- Blair, residing atEssen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Demountable Artillery-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to demountable ill tillery carriages andparticularly to those having a platform arranged for the placing ofammunition containers thereon. Accord ing to this invention thesecarriages are so constructed that their platforms, in order that theymay be easily loaded upon pack animals, are demountable. Furthermorethere are employed for the readily releasable connection of the platformparts, members which are themselves required in the construction of thecarriage. 7

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in whichone embodiment of the invention is shown by way of example, Figure 1 isa side view of the carriage loaded with ammunition containers, Fig. 2 isa top plan View of the same, partly in section with several of theammunition containers omitted, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3of Fig. 2 seen from the left.

The platform of the carriage is divided longitudinally of the carriageinto halves A A which will be suitably pressed from sheet metal andprovided on their longitudinal sides as well as their ends, withupwardly presented flanges a a a. The inner longitudinal flanges a are,above, bent at right angles and lie with these deflected portions a inabutment. Upon the flanges a constituting the end walls of the parts A Aangle plates a (see specially Fig. 2) are secured. In the middle portionof the parts A A are located cross pieces G G (Figs. 1 and 2) ofrl-shaped cross section and constructed of sheet metal which crosspieces, together with the angle plates a as well as the flanges a and aconstitute compartments for the ammunition containers B (Figs. 2 and 3).For securing the ammunition containers upon the carriage, straps D orthe like serve.

Secured upon the inner flanges a of the platform parts A A are holders CC (Figs. 1 and 2) for the axle E of the wheels F. In these holders whichproject into the cross Specification of Letters Patent. b 14 19Application filed February 3, 1914. Serial No. 816,229.

play, andit projects with play into openings (17 of the outer flanges a?of the platform parts. duced through the holder 0- and the wheel axle Esecures the wheel axle against turn ing and longitudinal displacement.To enable the introductionof the locking bolt 0 an opening 9 (Fig. 2) isprovided in the web G of one of the cross pieces-Gr G Near each end ofthe. flanges of the platform part A is located'an eye H which overlapswith and preferably fits between two eyes K K secured to the flange a ofthe part A. The eyes H, K, K constitute the bearings for the pins m andn of the thill M and a limber-hook N so that by means of these pins andthe eyes H, K, K the platform parts A and A are connected together in aneasily detachable manner. The pins 712 and n are secured against turningas well as longitudinal displacement within their bearings, through themedium of check pins P. These check pins are readily accessible inconsequence of the arrangement of recesses a in the flanges a Fordemounting the carriage the wheels F are first removed from the wheelaxle E, whereupon the wheel aXle is withdrawn from the holders C C andthe platform flanges a and the pins of the thill M and of thelimber-hook N are withdrawn from the eyes H, K, K The platform parts cannow be separated from each other and so loaded upon the saddle of a.pack animal that the same weight hangs on each side. After separation ofthe platform, the limber-hook N is again attached to its pair of eyes KK I claim:

1. A demountable artillery carriage having a platform constructed toreceive ammunition containers and having a limberhook and a draft memberprovided with means for attaching them to the carriage; said platformbeing divided longitudinally of the carriage into platform parts andsaid platform parts being connected to each other in an easilydetachable manner by the attaching means of the limber-hook and draftmember.

2. A demountable artillery carriage having a platform arranged toreceive ammunition containers and having a limber-hook and a draftmember with attaching pins for A locking bolt 0 or the likeintroconnecting them to the carriage, said plat form being dividedlongitudinally of the carriage into tWoparts and said platform partshaving overlapping eyes Which receive the pins of the limber hook andthe draft member and thereby connect the platform parts together in aneasily detachable manner.

3. A demountable artillery carriage having a platform dividedlongitudinally of the vehicle" into tWo parts; said platform partshaving overlapping eyes, members fitted to said overlapping eyes forsecuring each other and said carriage having a limber-hook and a thillcoupling, each adapted to extend through overlapped portions of theplatform parts to secure said platform parts together in an easilydetachable man ner.

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5. A demountable artillery carriage having Wheels, an axle for saidWheels and a platform embodying in its construction, flanges, angleplates and cross pleces, and

thereby adapted to receive ammunition contalnersfsald carnage alsohavlng a limberhook and a draft member provided with means for attachingthem to the carriage; said platform being divided longitudinally of thecarriage into tWo parts; and said platform parts being connected to eachother in an easily detachable manner by the attaching means of thelimber-hook and draft member; holders for said wheel axle, said holdersbeing secured upon said plat form parts in the vicinity of the jointbetween said platform parts, a locking bolt introduced through one ofsaid holders and the Wheel axle, an opening in one of said cross piecesto enable the introduction of said locking bolt.

V The foregoing specification signed at Barmen, Germany, this 15th dayof January, 1914.

V FRIEDRICH SACHTLEBEN. In presence of- HELEN NUFER, ALBERT NUFER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. i i

